11 FEBRUARY 1949, page 2

Spending Or Squandering ?

It is not surprising that the Chancellor of the Exchequer, with knowledge of the Supplementary Estimates in his mind, should need a short rest in the country. For the figures,......

Cardinal, Communists And Church

By civilised standards, two things were required of the trial of Cardinal Mindszenty before a Hungarian court on charges of treason, espionage and illegal currency dealings. The......

The German As Competitor

In view of the considerable amount of nonsense that has been talked on the subject, by interested persons and others, the state- ments made by the Foreign Secretary and the......

Persian Oil

The day before the Shah of Persia was shot at, there had been demonstrations in Teheran directed against the Anglo-Iranian Oil Company and the Imperial Bank of Iran. The two......

Another Hope For Austria

With a stronger sense of duty than of hope the Western Powers have begun negotiating again with Russia for an Austrian peace treaty. Hitherto negotiations have broken down over......